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Solos + Duos

Solos + Duos

May 28, 2022

Adrianne Munden-Dixon, violin, and Carrie Frey, viola, team up for a performance of solos and duos.

Solos and Improvisations

Solos and Improvisations

March 27, 2022

Musicians from PinkNoise Ensemble explore music that pushes the sound world of each instrument, including two World Premiere performances from Mert Morali and Jen Baker.

Claire Dickson's Starland

Claire Dickson's Starland

February 6th, 2022

Claire Dickson's album release celebration, with Grey Mcmurray and Lesley Mok

Starland is Claire Dickson's debut album as a solo artist and producer, created on a tall ship in the Arctic Circle and in her Brooklyn apartment. With guitarist Grey Mcmurray and drummer Lesley Mok, this music comes alive with added spontaneity and imagination.

Tree Lines

Tree Lines

January 30th, 2022

Exceptet presents new experimental material, including the World Premiere of a new work by Rome Prize-winning composer Katherine Balch commissioned for Exceptet by the Barlow Endowment. Quartet121 opens up each set.

Lavender in Yellow

Lavender in Yellow

December 14th, 2021

Erika Dohi and Lauren Cauley co-present two intimate sets of reflective, electro-acoustic experimentation. Featuring Dohi performing songs on keyboards and synths from her latest album I, Castorpollux, out now on 37d03d, and new works by Cauley for prepared violin and electronics.

Craft cocktails and other surprises await.

Bell Threads

Bell Threads

December 13th, 2021

Join harpist/composer Hannah Lash and violin/viola duo andPlay (Maya Bennardo violin and Hannah Levinson, viola) for an evening of music to celebrate the release of composer Adam Roberts Bell Threads on New Focus Recordings. The concert will feature the world premiere of Rounds for solo harp, commissioned by the Fromm Foundation for Lash, as well as the New York premiere of Diptych.

Fluxus Fest 2021

Fluxus Fest 2021

October 30th, 2021

Inspired by the 60s-70s Fluxus art movement, artists will perform historic Fluxus works and new Fluxus-inspired compositions. Read more at fifthwallperformingarts.com

David Leon: Bird's Eye

David Leon: Bird's Eye

October 17th, 2021

Bird’s Eye is the latest project from saxophonist and composer David Leon with Doyeon Kim on gayageum and Lesley Mok on drumset & percussion. Inspired by the folkloric musics of Cuba and Korea, the compositions weave rigorous ensemble writing and guided improvisation to investigate collectivity. As a recipient of New Music USA’s 2021 Creator Development Fund, Bird’s Eye will workshop new compositions during a series of residencies to be completed by year’s end.

If Not, Winter

If Not, Winter

JENNY BECK’S SETTING WRAPS SAPPHO’S AND CARSON’S WORDS IN A DREAMY, IMMERSIVE SOUNDSCAPE SO THAT WE MIGHT HEAR SAPPHO’S POETRY OUT LOUD ONCE MORE, PERHAPS NOT AS SHE WOULD HAVE HAD IT, BUT HOW IT SINGS TO US NOW: DISTANT, PRESENT, LOST, REACHABLE, AND EXQUISITELY ALLURING.

February 20, 2020

Oracle Hysterical + Hub New Music

Oracle Hysterical + Hub New Music

COMPOSER-COLLECTIVE ORACLE HYSTERICAL, WITH COLLABORATORS HUB NEW MUSIC, ARE CREATING AN EVENING-LENGTH COLLECTION OF SONGS INSPIRED BY THE EXPEDITIONS OF A WIDE-RANGING GROUP OF AMBITIOUS, GRITTY – AND OFTEN NAIVE, CRUEL, AND MYOPIC EXPLORERS.

January 17, 2020

Tam Lin

Tam Lin

A MODERN ADAPTATION OF THE 16TH-CENTURY SCOTTISH BALLAD "TAM LIN” — A STORY OF TRANSFORMATION AND LOVE TO LIFE IN A MUSICAL DRAMA WEAVING TRADITIONAL CELTIC, MEDIEVAL, AND MODERN MUSICAL THREADS.

January 3, 2020

A Very ChamberQUEER HoliGay

A Very ChamberQUEER HoliGay

CHAMBERQUEER'S GETTING COZY FOR THE HOLIDAYS WITH SOME OF OUR MOST BELOVED CHAMBER MUSIC, FROM STRING SEXTETS TO MOZART OPERA, ALL PERFORMED IN THIS FREE CONCERT BY SOME OF NYC'S BEST QUEER MUSICIANS.

December 29, 2019

JACK Studio Readings

JACK Studio Readings

IN TANDEM WITH JACK’S PROGRAM TO COMMISSION ARTISTS WHO OTHERWISE MAY NOT HAVE ACCESS TO PROFESSIONAL ENSEMBLES, THE QUARTET IS PARTNERING WITH METROPOLIS ENSEMBLE TO HOST A READING SESSION FOR SIMILAR ARTISTS WITH EXISTING WORKS FOR QUARTET.

December 9, 2019

Oak and the Ghost

Oak and the Ghost

ALBUM RELEASE FOR NATHAN SCHRAM'S OAK AND THE GHOST ON NEW AMSTERDAM RECORDS. FEATURING THE ATTACCA QUARTET, SCHRAM’S MUSIC MESHES THE ACOUSTIC WORLD OF CLASSICAL STRING QUARTET WITH THE BUMPS, BRUISES, AND RICHNESS OF MODERN ELECTRONICA.

November 23, 2019

Unheard-of//Trios

Unheard-of//Trios

UNHEARD-OF//ENSEMBLE PERFORMS AN ECLECTIC PROGRAM OF TRIO WORKS FOR CLARINET, VIOLIN, AND CELLO

October 29, 2019

Loisaida

Loisaida

CENTERED AROUND TWO SONGS THAT CELEBRATE NEW YORK CITY, REFLECTING VIOLINIST/COMPOSER JESSIE MONTGOMERY’S LOWER EAST SIDE UPBRINGING AND ECLECTIC INFLUENCES. SELECTIONS FROM HER BAND BIG DOG LITTLE DOG AND BY VIOLIST/COMPOSER JESSICA MEYER TIE TOGETHER A CELEBRATION OF PLACE, FRIENDSHIP, AND PROCESS.

October 24, 2019

Molly Herron's Three Sarabandes

Molly Herron's Three Sarabandes

COMPOSER MOLLY HERRON AND ARGUS QUARTET CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF THEIR ALBUM WITH MUSIC AND POETRY THAT EXPLORE HISTORY AND TRANSFORMATION.

October 11, 2019

andPlay's Playlist

andPlay's Playlist

JOIN VIOLIN/VIOLA DUO ANDPLAY FOR AN EVENING OF MUSIC, DRINKS, AND TREATS TO CELEBRATE THE RELEASE OF ITS DEBUT CD, PLAYLIST.

October 4, 2019